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Ouvrage Col de la Buffère
Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Southeast France
Ouvrage Col de la Buffère is located in France
Ouvrage Col de la Buffère
Ouvrage Col de la Buffère
Site information
Controlled byFrance
Site history
Built byCORF
In useAbandoned
MaterialsConcrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/warsItalian invasion of France
Ouvrage Col de la Buffère
Type of work:Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector		Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné/Briançonnais
└─Haute-Clarée - Guisane, Quartier Bufere-Granon
Regiment:82nd Batailllon Alpin de Fortresse
Number of blocks:1
Strength:1 officer, 40 men

Ouvrage Col de Buffere is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one combat block at an altitude of 2,393 metres (7,851 ft) on the Col de la Buffère. Additional blocks were planned but not built or were left incomplete.

Description

See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line.
  • Block 1 (entry): one Machine gun turret and two machine gun embrasures.[1]
  • Block 2 (unbuilt): one heavy twin machine gun embrasure. The block was never built, and consists of a simple wood door in a concrete frame leading to the galleries within the cliffside.[2]
  • Block 3 (uncompleted): one machine gun embrasure. The block was never built, and consists of a simple wood door in a concrete frame leading to the galleries within the cliffside.[3]

A small emergency exit exists at the southern end of the underground gallery, armed with a machine gun port.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Col de la Buffère (po du) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Col de la Buffère (po du) Bloc 2". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  3. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Col de la Buffère (po du) Bloc 3". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Col de la Buffère (po du) Sortie de secours". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 4 February 2010.

Bibliography

  • Allcorn, William. The Maginot Line 1928-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-646-1
  • Kaufmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II, Stackpole Books, 2006. ISBN 0-275-98345-5
  • Kaufmann, J.E., Kaufmann, H.W., Jancovič-Potočnik, A. and Lang, P. The Maginot Line: History and Guide, Pen and Sword, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84884-068-3
  • Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 4 - La fortification alpine. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009. ISBN 978-2-915239-46-1 Template:Fr
  • Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 5. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009. ISBN 978-2-35250-127-5 Template:Fr


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